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Coming up on News 7-
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A man wanted for murder near Smith Mountain Lake turns himself in.
Just where will a new Interstate go? Tonight people hear about the latest route for I-73.
Plus World leaders will zoom around on these when they arrive in the U-S this month.
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Plus high school playoff action. News 7 at Eleven is next.

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The suspect in a Franklin County murder surrenders to police tonight.
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[Tate]

Investigators thought he may have left the area, but tonight a murder suspect is in custody.
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Stanley Dion Tate surrendered to police in Danville about eight o-clock.
Authorities say Tate's lawyer called them earlier and said he would turn himself in.
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Tate is wanted for the murder of a woman in Franklin County.
Charmane Tamika Davis was found shot to death last month inside a home on Water's Edge Road near Smith Mountain Lake.
Tate was her boyfriend and is the father of two of her three children.
Investigators believe she caught Tate at his home with another woman.
Franklin County officers are in Danville tonight and hope to arraign Tate in Franklin County tomorrow.
He also faces drug charges in Danville.
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[C'burg-Robbery]

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Christiansburg Police have arrested a husband and wife for stealing hundreds of dollars from a man in a wheelchair.
The robbery happened around 4-twenty last Saturday in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
Police say 26 year old Joshua Via took the money pail from a wheelchair bound man as he collected donations for the Disabled American Veterans. About 400 dollars was taken.
19 year old Krishna Via also faces charges. Police say she hit a pedestrian as she drove a get away car.
The pair was arrested last night.

[I-73]

Some call it a do-able route, others call it a road to ruin.
We're talking about the new proposal for Interstate 73 and tonight the public got a detailed look at the project.
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Justin McLeod was there and joins us now with more. So Justin what was the reaction?
Jean, as you might imagine no one wants an interstate through their backyard.
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What Janet Shaner knows for sure is that V-Dot has changed its mind.
The state originally planned to build I-73 through Southeast Roanoke which you can see here in orange.
That proposal recently changed and now the interstate will follow Route 220 through Clearbrook which you can see here in red.
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((LAURA BULLOCK/V-DOT SPOKESPERSON: IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE AN AREA THAT WAS NOT HISTORIC IN EARLIER YEARS NOW IS.))
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Opponents believe there's a similar problem with the new route.
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((ANNE ROGERS/VIRGINIANS FOR APPROPRIATE ROADS: THE PROJECT BISECTS THE OAK HILL OLD GERMAN BAPTIST SETTLEMENT WHICH IS A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT.))
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That concern along with many others were addressed at two public information meetings V-Dot held this week.
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((LAURA BULLOCK/V-DOT SPOKESPERSON: WE WILL COLLECT THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE TWO NIGHTS OF MEETINGS AND WE WILL GIVE SOME NEW INFORMATION TO THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD MEMBERS LATER THIS SUMMER AND ASKED THEM TO MAKE A DECISION TO CHANGE THE I-73 CORRIDOR.))
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The corridor from Roanoke to the North Carolina border could affect nearly four hundred households.
Some residents who live along the proposed route are taking a wait and see approach.
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((JANET SHANER/ROANOKE CO. RESIDENT: I KNOW IT'S THERE AND I KNOW I WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO DO IT TODAY.))
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[LIVE= Justin /FULL BAM]

If the state gives its approval later this summer, the proposal then goes to the feds.
It could be early next year before that decision is made.
[DOUBLE BOXES=Jean & Justin /BAM;]

Jean, since there is no funding ear-marked for Interstate 73 it will probably be many years before construction begins.

[Youth-Smoking]

The number of children lighting up in Virginia is going down... way down.
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A recent survey found that smoking rates among the state's high school students has dropped by 28 percent.
Smoking among middle school students decreased by 45 percent.
And the number of male students who chew tobacco or snuff dropped by almost fifty percent.
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((MARTY KILGORE/VIRGINIA TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FOUNDATION: WE WERE SURPRISED BY THE RESULTS. WE WERE HOPING TO SEE A DECREASE BUT I THINK WITH THE AGE, GENDER AND RACE WE SAW A COMPLETE DECREASE ALL ACROSS THE BOARD SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED.))
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[VO-NAT]

State officials say there is still a long way to go.
21-percent of Virginia's high school students and 6 percent of middle school students report that they regularly use tobacco.
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[Riggs]

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A Lynchburg school teacher has been suspended from his job after being charged with aggravated sexual battery of a juvenile.
44-year-old Norman Edward Riggs was arrested last week and is being held without bond.
Police say the offenses took place late last year and early this year, but *not* on the grounds of Heritage High School where Riggs has been a graphic arts teacher for five years.
Officials say he's still under contract but not on the job while they review the situation.

[UVA-Players]

The U-V-A football players charged with disorderly conduct and vandalism after a campus shooting are off the hook.

The three players were arrested April 28th, just hours after another football player was shot outside a dorm in Charlottesville.
Upset that a teamate had been wounded,
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[VO-NAT]
police said quarterback Marques Hagans and Brandon Lee refused to leave the crime scene.
A third player, defensive back Kenneth Tynes allegedly threw a chair through a dorm window near the shooting scene.
[SUPER=03-Charlottesville/Last Season;]

Yesterday an Albemarle County judge acquitted Hagans and Lee of the misdemeanor charges.
Tynes was acquitted of a vandalism charge last month.
A grand jury will decide Monday whether to indict Virginia student Aaron Joshua Robinson for starting the whole chain of events... when police say he shot Jamaine Winborne in the leg.
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[Vick-Case]

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Two attorneys in the case against three Virginia Tech football players are arguing over a trial date.
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Quarterback Marcus Vick, Wide Receiver Brenden Hill and tailback Mike Imoh were all convicted two weeks ago of contributing to the delinquency of minors.
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The three football players are appealing their convictions and want three separate jury trials.
Brenden Hill's attorney Dennis Nagel claims prosecutor Joey Showalter is refusing to set a date and that Hill is being treated unfairly.
But, in a letter to the judge, given to us by Dennis Nagel, the prosecutor argues it's the defendants seeking special treatment to accomodate their schedules.
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Nagel has asked a judge to step in this Friday and end the disagreement.

[Peterson]

Defense attorneys in the Scott Peterson murder trial painted a kinder, gentler picture for jurors today.
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Attorney Mark Geragos says Peterson was excited for the birth of his son.
Geragos told Jurors that Peterson was distraught over his wife's disappearance but wasn't the type of guy to wear his heart on his sleeve, espcecially in the midst of the media frenzy.
The defense also said Peterson changed his appearance to disguise himself from the media.
Prosecutors earlier told jurors that Peterson killed his wife and child and then lied to family, police and his mistress.
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Plus it's breaking and entering with the back end of a pickup and it's all caught on tape.
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[Sports-preview]

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(( Hey folks Mike Stevens back in the News 7 sports office as the regional playoff action gets serious tonight with state tournament berths on the line from Amherst to Blacksburg.
We'll check on a menagerie of games, plus head to the Homestead for round two of the NCAA golf championship -Tonight on the Big 7.))
[Iraq]

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Iraq's new temporary government has met under heavy guard-
This as more details are coming out about a former U-S ally turned spy.
As Jennifer Miller reports, it also comes during another day of violence in Baghdad.
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((WITH A DEADLY CAR BOMBING THAT KILLED AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE NORTH OF BAGHDAD AND A FIREFIGHT BETWEEN U-S TROOPS AND SHI'ITE MILITIA ERUPTING JUST OUTSIDE THE HOLY CITY OF NAJAF ... IT'S NO WONDER THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW IRAQI INTERIM GOVERNMENT TOOK PLACE IN THE HEAVILY GUARDED "GREEN ZONE" AND FOCUSED ON SECURITY.
U-N ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION MUST WORK FAST OR THEY CHAOS WILL ENDANGER IRAQ'S JANUARY ELECTIONS.

UNITED NATIONS ENVOY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI
"If security does not improve in the next few months, there will be a problem."
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION MUST TAKE OVER RUNNING A COUNTRY TORN APART BY WAR AND BUILD A DEMOCRACY AFTER DECADES OF SADDAM'S RULE.
JENNIFER MILLER:
IN WASHINGTON ... FBI AGENTS ARE FOCUSING ON ANOTHER PROBLEM ... WHO TOLD ONE OF THE NATION'S BEST KEPT SECRETS TO FORMER IRAQI ALLY AHMAD CHALABI.
ONCE ... THE DARLING OF THE PENTAGON... CHALABI ALLEGEDLY TOLD A TOP IRANIAN AGENT THE U-S HAD CRACKED IRAN'S SECRET CODES AND WAS EAVESDROPPING ON ITS INTELLIGENCE.
CHALABI SAYS AN AMERICAN WHO WAS "DRUNK" TOLD HIM OF THE INTERCEPTS.
U-S AGENTS LATER PICKED UP A FRANTIC EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES BETWEEN THE IRANIAN AGENT AND HIS HEADQUARTERS IN TEHRAN. THAT LED TO A RAID OF CHALABI'S BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS ... AND AN INVESTIGATION THAT HAS FBI AGENTS FOCUSING ON THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE PENTAGON.
JENNIFER MILLER, CBS NEWS WASHINGTON.))

[Cardinal-Glass]

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New jobs are on their way to Vinton.
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Construction began last month on the new Cardinal Glass plant.
The facility is 240-thousand square feet. It's been framed and crews are now working on the sprinkler system and roof.
The plant manager says the company plans to start operations in August and be fully-operational by October.
Cardinal Glass hopes to have 100-employees by the end of this year and increase that number to 200 next year.
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[Edwards]

State Senator John Edwards is considering another bid for statewide office. Today, the Roanoke lawmaker confirmed he is weighing the possibility of running for Attorney General next year.
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Edwards sought the Democratic nomination in 2001, but came in a close second among four candidates.
Democrats are gathering in Roanoke this weekend for their state convention, and Edwards will host a reception at the O. Winston Link Museum on Friday night.
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((SEN. JOHN EDWARDS/(D) ROANOKE; PEOPLE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE URGED ME TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN, AND THEN THIS PAST SESSION, I THINK IT MADE IT QUITE CLEAR, THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IN VRGINIA. AND THERE ARE THESE FORCES THAT WANT US TO GO BACK TO THE PAST. AND DON'T BELIEVE IN INVESTING IN THE FUTURE.))
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[VO-NAT]

Edwards says he won't make a final decision until the end of the year.
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[Gun-Store]

You could call it a drive through robbery in Manassas.
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Check this out. The thief actually backed his pickup truck into the front of a gun store- got out and took several weapons out of the display case.
The man then gets back into the truck and takes off.
Officials released the video from the Virginia Arms Company hoping someone may recognize the suspect.
They also hope a second tape from the back of the store can help them read the license plate.
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We've all felt the pain of an ice cream headache before.
Still ahead on News 7, new research says it may be worse for certain people.
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Plus why this statue of Andy Griffith is disappearing piece by piece.
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[Tech-Sculptor]

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A Virginia Tech engineer is making noise in the art world... lots of noise.
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Eddie Boes (boze) is a master of the "rolling ball sculpture".
Since learning about kinematic (kinn-ih-ma-tick) art a few years ago he's cranked out several pieces, including two smaller ones that are now in private collections.
Boes says he always knew he'd combine his left-brain analysis with right-brain creativity... even when he was a Tech student wondering what to do with his major.
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((EDDIE BOES/ARTIST/ENGINEER: NO IDEA, I REALLY DDIDN'T KNOW WHAT I'D BE DOING. I KNEW I'D DO SOMETHING CREATIVE AND THAT I KINDA WANTED TO WORK FOR MYSELF. WEHN I LOOK BACK I SEE PEOPLE SAID, "YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING ROLLER COASTERS. WELL, IN A SENSE I AM BUILDING ROLLER COASTERS.))
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His latest sculpture is 8-feet long by 6-feet tall.
The piece is called "The Flight of the *Bubble* Bee, after the Los Angeles car wash that bought it.
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For more information you can find a link on our website at wdbj7 dot com.
Click on "websites in the news".
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Now a new study shows migraine sufferers are more prone to these kinds of headaches.
The research also found the location of the pain and the type of pain is different in migraine sufferers than others.
Of course the advice from doctors is don't eat cold things too quickly.
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[S-Extra]

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Regional soccer, baseball and tennis is on the way along with NCAA golf at the Homestead, but first tour Extra Point -
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USC's Mike Williams may play against Tech in the BCA classic afterall.
Williams left school during the spring semester, entered the N-F-L draft was then ruled ineligible by the courts.
His agent says his client will apply for reinstatement with the NCAA - which will have the final say on whether he gets his amateur standing back.
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[S-Blacksburg]

We begin tonight at the boys' Region Three soccer semi-finals at Bill Brown Stadium in Blacksburg.
Game one featured the William Byrd Terriers and home standing Bruins.
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A stiff breeze was blowing at game time, but the winds of change were not.
Blacksburg's Eric Eversole - who is the real deal and more will show some patience and then some serious burst as he breaks to the pass, blows by the defense and destroys all rules of
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geometry by scoring while he's heading out of bounds.
He scores both goals as the Bruins beat Byrd 2 to 0.
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[S-Titans]

The second semi-final would pit Hidden Valley against Jefferson Forest with the winner also heading to state.
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The Cavaliers faithful made the journey from Bedford to Blacksburg.
But early in this one they would witness as good of long range shot as you'll ever see.
The Titans Phil Hartman, who has played almost all see with cast on left hand, uses his right foot from about 40 out and hits nothing but net on the high side. One to nothing Titans.
Forest would answer with a deflected header off this
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flipping inbounds toss from Gavin Eastlack. Brian Hutchinson rattles it around the net and it goes in.
It stayed tied through 2 overtimes and 2 sudden deaths before the Cavs won 5-to-4 on penalty kicks for the 2-t0-1 win.
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[S-Bruins]

On the girls' Region Three soccer front tonight - Bob Patterson Stadium in Vinton played host to a double header that would determine the two teams had to state.
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[SUPER=03-Vinton/Lord Botetourt vs. Blacksburg; :00]
The Opener had Blacksburg taking on Lord Botetourt.
The Cavs made the short trek up from Daleville and made short work of the Bruins.
Senior Jackie LePore will not be denied as she shreds a defender and then pokes one in the left side of the net just inside the pipe. L.B. takes the 2-to-0 lead in the second , and
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the Cavs move on the regional title game with a 2-to-0 win over Blacksburg.
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[S-Valley]

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The Region Three girls' nightcap featured the Hidden Valley Titans and the Northside Vikings.
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The Titans would take command of this one early as Meredith Grunewald controls the ball in the center of the field, spins and finds Rebecca Rebecca Danahy (DAN-UH-HEE) with the left footed pass on the right side, and Danahy beats the angle and the goalie for 1-to-nothing HiddenValley lead.
Then a few minutes later - Allie Lewis will make the perfect
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crossing pass to a slicing Cari Holt. She takes in with ease on the left side.
Hidden Valley beats Northside 5 to 1.
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[S-Byrd]

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The Region Three quarterfinals in baseball took place in Amherst tonight William Byrd took on Blacksburg.
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In the top of the first the Bruins Shane Bennett will connect on the infield single that will plate Kyle Blankenship. The Bruins waste no time taking the 1-to-nothing lead.
In the bottom half of the inning, Byrd Aaron Connor will hollar back by lining a two run shot to center. The homer plates Mark Nestor and Connor and makes it a 2-to-1 game.
Blacksburg would then tighten up the defense when Nick Badinelli makes the judgement on the line drive - sprints to the ball and makes the diving catch to end the inning.
Then in the bottom of the third with one out - and runners in scoring position - Byrd's K.J. Sobolewski lines a shot to
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center, while gets to fence. Joe Durham and Connor score.
Byrd wins it 6 to 2.
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[S-Cave]

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The Terriers will play Cave Spring on Friday back here in the valley for the Region Three title.
Cave Spring jumped on top of Amherst 11-to-1 and held on for the 11-to-5 win.
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[S-Tennis]

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In Region 3 team tennis semi-finals action in Lynchburg, Heritage won one match by nipping Prince Edward 5-to-4.
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The Pioneers will now play Hidden Valley in the championship.
Led by individual singles champ Luke Wray, Scott Gunter, and Kendall Blanding the Titans swept Alleghany 6-to-0.
The Titans lost just three games in 12 sets.
The title match is tomorrow morning at nine.
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[S-NCAA]

The NCAA Division One men's golf tournament is halfway over at the Homestead.
Cal still leads, but Travis Wells says some other folks out west are planning on some "Miller Time" by the end of the week.
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[G8-Cars]

Preparing for the arrival of world leaders, some folks in Georgia took some new technology for a test drive.
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The Global Electric Motorcars will be used by world leaders during this month's G8 Summitt.
Local politicians in Savannah gave the electric cars a test drive today.
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((BILLY HAIR/CHATAM COUNTY COMISSION OH THEY'RE VERY NICE. THEY'RE SO QUIET. THEY DRIVE JUST LIKE A REGULAR CAR, THEY'RE VERY NEAT.))
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[VO-NAT]
Local politicians agree the electric cars will satisfy environmentally conscious global leaders as they drive around Sea Island next week.
The cars are painted to represent the colors of each country that will take part in the summitt.
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[Andy-Statue]

This time someone stole the fishing rods that Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opey carried down to the fishing hole.
It was just last month that the plaque was taken from the statue as well. It still has not been recovered.
The statue was erected just six months ago commemorating the Andy Griffith Show.
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